Washing machine



T. M. KLUTTS WASHING MACHINE July 24, 1928.

Filed June 4, 1926 A I hire 1 51 Thom -5 M HAY/77:!

Patented July 24, 1928.

UNITED STATES THOMAS M. KLUTTS, 0F PORTLAND, OREGON.

WASHING MACHINE.

Application filed June 4,

This invention relates to improvements in washing machines of that class 1n which clothes are retained in a rotatable perforated basket adapted to be operatively mounted in two positions for the purposes, respectively, of washing and drying the clothes.

The object of my invention is the provision of a revolvable receptacle including a plurality of compartments for containing washing water for various purposes, each of which compartments may be positioned to receive the rotatable clothes basket when in washing position and whereby the various operations of washing, rinsing, and bluing the clothes may be successively performed.

Other objects and advantages of the invention, and objects relating to details of construction and arrangement of parts Wlll be readily apparent in the course of the detailed description to follow.

The accompanying drawings illustrate by way of example one form in which the mvention may be embodied, in which:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a washing machine embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a view in vertical section of the same.

Fig. 3 is a view partly in plan and partly in horizontal section of the machine with the wash-basket removed.

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the wash water receptacle, detached.

Fig. 5 isan enlarged fragmentary view in side elevation of a detail of the invention.

Referring to said views the reference numeral 1 indicates a vertically cylindrical casing having a wringing-chamber 2 in its upper portion and washing space 3 therebelow. The side wall of the wringing-cham ber is closed to prevent the splashing of water. The washing space 3 is open in its side walls with the exception of the skeleton frame members 5 over the supporting legs 6.

Said wringing-chamber and the washing space are divided by a drain-floor 7 4 having a segmental shaped opening 8 covering approximately an arc of 120, there being a ledge 10 extending inwardly from the side wall and about the outer circumference of said segmental opening. The drain-floor 7 and said ledge are given a relatively slight drainage slope into said opening.

11 indicates the bottom of the washin space 3 rigidly mounted upon the legs 5 and upon which, in the vertical axis of the. ma-

1926. Serial No. 113,671.

chine casing, geared or other suitable mechanism, not shown, for driving the washing apparatus to be presently described, is mounted within a housing 12.

A drive-shaft 13 actuated by a motor 15 beneath the bottom 11 is provided to drive said mechanism. The housing 12 extends upwardly centrally of the space 3 and through the drain-floor 7 where spindles 16 and 17 protrude from the housing upon which the clothes-containing wash-basket 18 may be respectively mounted in its washing or wringing positions.

Said spindle 17 is positioned substantially in the vertical axis of the machine,'while the spindle 16 is inclined thereto symmetrically medial of the segmental opening 8, whereby the wash-basket 18 will extend on its lower side through said opening into the washing space therebelow.

The wash-basket 18 is of the usual type of this class of wringers and is provided with a large number of perforationsQO.

21 indicates a circular receptacle preferably having a concentrically disposed wall 22 through which the housing 12 extends. Said receptacle may be divided by radially directed walls 23 extending from said wall to the outer circular wall 25, providing com partments A, B, and C, in which washing solutions of various kinds may be contained.

Said receptacle is positioned in the washing space 3 and is rotatably mounted upon bearing rollers 26 rotatable in bearings 27, whereby the receptacle may be conveniently rotated.

The compartments A, B and C are of substantially the same configuration and plan and slightly larger than the opening 8, and the receptacle is intended to be rotated to bring said chambers successively in register with said opening.

. To facilitate the rotation of the receptacle i The operation of my invention may be de scribed as follows:

It will be apparent that the compartments A, B, and C may be utilized to contain wash water of various characters in any series desired by the operator.

As a typical example, however, it will be assumed that the compartment A will contain the original washing solution of soapy .water in which the clothes are washed initially. The compartment B may contain clear water for rinsing purposes and the compartment 0 a bluing solution.

In this manner, with the compartment A properly positioned in alignment with the opening 8, the washing basket 18 will be mounted upon the spindle 16 and rotated in the washing water to cleanse the'clothes. The basket will then be mounted upon the spindle l7 and rotated thereby at a fixed rate of speed to extract the water from the clothes in the basket which will drain from the side walls of the chamber 2 and from the floor 7 into the compartment A.

While the basket is in its stated elevated position and removed from the receptacle the operator will grasp the handle 28 and remove the lug 30 from the respective notch 31 and utilize the'handle to rotate the receptacle to bring the compartment B into alignment with the opening 8 which will be indicated by the registering of the lug 30 with a suitably positioned notch 31.

The basket will thereupon be again fixed upon the spindle 16 to lower the edge of the basket through the opening 8 and into the compartment B where the rinsing operations may be effected.

After the clothes have been rinsed the Water will again be extracted by transferring the basket to the spindle 17 whereupon the water drainedtherefrom will flow back into the suitable compartment B.

A similar procedure will bringthe compartment C containing the bluing water into register and after having been processed through said water and the excess extracted the clothes will be ready for drying.

The invention is very simple in construction and mode of operation and will be found extremely effective for the purposes intended.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings the advantages of the construction and application of my improved washing machines will be readily apparent, but, while I have described the principle of operation of the invention together with the devices which I now consider the best embodiment thereof, it will be understood that the structures shown are merely illustrative, and that such changes may be made therein as will lie within the scope of the following claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim, isz

A Washing machine, consisting in a casing having a Washing-space and a wringingchamber thereabove, a floor between said space and said chamber having an opening into which said floor drains, a washingbasket arranged to be rotated in a horizontal plane in said chamber and in an inclined direction through said opening extending into said space, and a water-receptacle in said space having a plurality of compartments movable into alignment with said opening.

THOMAS M. KLUTTS. 

